Canadian Housing Market Shows Strong Momentum

Canadian housing market showed strong momentum in the final stretch of the current year. This was quite evident when sales, as well as, price rebounded from the slump seen in the mid-year. Scotia Bank economist, Adrienne Warren pointed out that national home sales increased in November with a
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Many companies that have a prior history of big losses like Citigroup, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac face huge writedowns of their deferred tax assets based on a “remeasurement” of the potential for those assets to reduce future tax liabilities. The calculations are based on the tax reform bill's proposed
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BELGRADE (Serbia), December 14 (SeeNews) – Serbia's central bank, the NBS, said on Friday the share of dinar-denominated loans extended by local banks in the first nine months of 2017 stood at 35.8%, down by one percentage point on the year. The share of dinar-denominated deposits of
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Wells Fargo on Thursday asked a federal judge to reject Oakland's lawsuit claiming the bank's racist lending practices cost the city millions in lost tax revenue. “If a borrower got a bad loan, did they default because of that or because they lost their job?” Wells Fargo attorney
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The approximately 20 members of Harvard Management Co's real estate investment staff will form Bain Capital Real Estate, the Boston-based firm said in a statement on Friday. “The team, which has invested more than $3.4 billion of equity in its direct real estate investment strategy since its inception,
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Large numbers of Chinese investors in Australian property have had to sell their assets due to restrictions on capital outflows. Beijing introduced the new capital controls in November, in a bid to keep money in the country. Any capital transfer of $5m or more by companies or investment funds is now
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The Mercer County Tax Claim Bureau, trustee, and Cory S. Moore and Lona J. Moore to Terence A. Whalen DBA Shenango Valley Homes; Property at 278 Ormond Ave., Sharon; fair market value: $45,795. • The Mercer County Tax Claim Bureau, trustee, and George R. Porter to Terence A. Whelan
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“The announcement of this enforcement action puts banks and mortgage servicers on notice that if they do not maintain vacant and abandoned properties, they will be held accountable by DFS,” said DFS Superintendent Maria T. Vullo. “It is also crucial that banks and mortgage servicers provide DFS
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The company has market cap of $6.18 billion. It operates through Title Insurance and Services, and Specialty Insurance divisions. It has a 22.04 P/E ratio. The Title Insurance and Services segment issues title insurance policies on residential and commercial property, as well as offers related services
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The 8th Annual Phoenix Land and Housing Forecast, presented by Land Advisors Organization, provided a provocative and insightful breakdown of the trends, activity and outlooks within the local real estate market. The event was started by Land Advisors Organization, the nation's largest brokerage
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Bain Capital, a private equity firm based in Boston, is entering the real-estate investment business by lifting out a 20-person team from Harvard Management Co.. The new group, Bain Capital Real Estate, will be led by Dan Cummings, who is joining the firm as a partner at the beginning of February.
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Oaktree Specialty Lending logo Oaktree Specialty Lending (NASDAQ:OCSL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 29th. The credit services provider reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.13 by ($0.05), Bloomberg
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In cheaper boroughs such as Tower Hamlets, Redbridge and Newham, price growth continues to outstrip the UK average as high housing costs force Londoners to move to less affluent boroughs. Prices in the south-east London borough of Greenwich – where the average house price of £404,271 is
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Susana Sawhney of Jericho has been hired as a sales agent at Douglas Elliman Real Estate in East Norwich. Photo Credit: Susana Sawhney.
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The federal government and the banks have caved in to political pressure and have agreed on a royal commission in to the sector. Fairfax Media.
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Fortune cookies: Darkest Dungeon (game). … Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/fortune-mod-darkestdungeon.git (read-only). Package Base
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She went to work for Port Arthur Abstract and Title Company after graduation and later worked for Phares, Phares and Bass Attorneys as a legal
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A Freddie Mac report concurred. “Land-use regulations have become more burdensome” in the last 30 years, making it costlier to build, it said. Freddie
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A Plus Mini Storage in Navarre, Fla., was sold to National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSAT), a real estate investment trust (REIT). The facility at 7030
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Property owners in California, Florida and New York have the most to lose if Congress limits tax deductions for interest payments on home mortgages,
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